If you think we're in good shape the last few years you need to start watching other teams. We look low major. We haven't been elite since Lavin left.
The best players on this team have played two D1 college games. It’s sloppy, but what else is gonna happen with new players?
I don’t see what you’re seeing regarding the big drop in talent. How is this different than how Harrison, Harkless, Lovett, and Ponds started here? I’ll tell you one way? We didn’t lose to Detroit, Northeastern, Delaware State, and LIU. So, that’s one way these guys are different.
Obviously, there’s no Shamorie Ponds on this team, and there aren’t a boatload of top 100 recruits, but the defensive miscues, the playing too fast, the not finishing inside, these are things that we can correct. We could have won this game by 40+. A 17 point victory isn’t incredible, but there were plenty of bright spots.
For those, like me, that were concerned that Cole was just a chucker with bad form, I’m happy to be wrong. He sees the court well, and he can create, too. And that shot-THAT is the alpha that we were missing last year.